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a Souvenir Directory to tbe 
land of tbe Sks 



Copyrighted August, !893, 
by T. M. Barker. Jr. 




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nlS BOOK is given to the public as the initial number of a series of publications relative to 
The Land of the Sky. 

THE SOUVENIR DIRECTORY will be re-published every six months. 

(j^- 1 Persons purchasing this number will do well to preserve it, as the illustrations in succeed- 

ing numbers will be entirely different, and, as the country developes, considerable alterations in 
the statistical information will be necessitated. 



These books will, therefore, in time to come possess historic value as well as artistic interest. 
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The Valley of the French Bkoad. Mi. Pisgah iu the distauce. (I'holo by Tarbell.) 



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THE gatewaj' to the Land of the Sky is fouud in the north-eastern part of Mitchell County. The pillows to 
the gate are Grandfather Mountain, the highest peak of the Blue Ridge ; and Roan Mountain, a lofty 
peak of the Smoky Range. Between these titanic pillows in lieu of a gate stretches the Yellow Mountain. 
From this gigantic gate way the two great walls of the Land of the Sky, the Blue Ridge and the Smoky ranges 
extend southward, forming a gigantic loop 250 miles long by 50 wide, and finally meeting in the southwestern 
corner of the state. Between these titanic exterior ramparts is a region of romantic beauty unequalled on this 
planet. There are innumerable wooded mountain ranges, forest-clothed with lovely valleys that are usually 
peaceful, except at camp-meeting time, interspersed between. All the valleys are watered by magnificent 
mountain streams, that clear and cool fall over rugged boulders, purl and scurry neath banks of feathery ferns 
or lay in deep dark pools beneath some giant birch's umbrageous limbs and form a mirrow for the midnight 

stars to twinkle in. 

Just south of the gateway to the Land of the Sky arise the loftiest peaks to be fouud along the Atlantic 
coast. The loftiest range is a distinct formation known as the Black Mountain, and said by geologists to be 
the "oldest land" in America. The highest peak is Mt. Mitchell, 6,717 feet. Clingman's Dome, 6,666 feet, is 
the highest peak of the Smoky Mountains. Richlaud Balsam is the higest peak of the Balsam Mountains. 
The Yellow Mountains are the highest in the Cowee range, 5,133 feet. Standing Indian and Wayah Bald are 

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the loftiest in the Nantahala ranjje ; they rise to an elevation of 5,500 feet. The Tusquittee peaks rise to an 
elevation of 5,314 feet. There are 43 mountains in Western North Carolina that tower considerably over 6,000 
feet high. 

In the forceful tautology of the region, it can be said of the mountains of North Carolina as of her pretty 
girls, that "the beauty about them is that they are beautiful." Their beauty is like the soft blue of 
silk velvet. All of them are clothed to their summits with foliage that turns its rich green to red and gold 
when the sunmier days are gone. During the pleasant, crisp days of autumn the young people of the vallej-s 
delight in forming nutting parties and scale some of the loftiests summits in search, of chestnuts, chiniiuepins, 
hickorynuts and walnuts. 

The game has for years been pretty well hunted out from the neighborhoo 1 of the larger towns ; but in the 
primitive wilderness of some of the more secluded valleys aud gorges bear, pinther and deer still roa ni at large 
While squirrels, rabbits, partridges, pheasants and wild turkeys are numerous inmauy neighborhoods. In the 
summer months the trout fishing is the best to be had in this country. 

Convulsions of nature in ages past, caused by subterranean disturbances, have so broken the surface of the 
country that the lands are either gently rolling or mountainous, and a great variety of soils can be found, from 
gravelly gray to the black loam, red clay and alluvial bottom lands. Cereals, grasses, tobacco, trucking pro- 
ducts, grapes, apples, peaches grow to remunerative perfection. 

Iron, lead, zinc, silver, gold, nickle ores, mica, asbestos, corundum, talc, vitrified brick clay, monazite, 
diamonds, rubies and sapphires, besides many new gems, have been discovered in this favored region. 

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"The Rapids," French Broad River. (Photo by Tarbell.) 



A recent publication of the Board of Trade has this paragraph :- - 

"The North Carolina Geological Survey, created by the legislature in 1891, tomake "thorough examiuation 
of the nature and extent of the mineral and timber resourses of the State," has been very active in its work, 
and has issued the following bulletins, which will be mailed ou receipt of postage, to those desiring informa- 
tion on the subjects treated : Building Stone in North Carolina ; Timber Trees ; Water Powers ; Gold Mining 
in North Carolina; Drinking Water Supplies ; Clay Deposits and Clay Industries; Mica Deposits and Mica 
Mining; Mineral Waters; List of Elevations and an Historical Sketch of North Carolina Scientific and Kco- 
uomic Surveys ; and Bibliography of North Carolina Geology and Mineralogy. Bulletins are issued from time 
to time. Address the State Geologist, at Chapel Hill or Raleigh, N. C. By addressing the Director, U. S. Ge- 
ological Survey, Washington, D. C, and sending five cents for each sheet wanted, topographical sheets of this 
section will be sent to any address. The sheets included in the section of country treated of in this pamphlet 
are as follows: Asheville, Murphy, Nantahala, Cowee, Pisgah, Saluda, Mt. Mitchell. Checks and stamps not 
accepted b\' the Department." 



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\Diews and tResorts. 

F the natural curiosities and views and resorts, that shoulil lie "done" by the enterprising tourists, we 
will give a brief description of those places that will best repay the traveller. 

^ Round Knob ^ 



Twenty miles east of Asheville is Round Knob. The Southern Railway here presents a marvelous evidence 
of the engineering skill of the .American. From one point the track can be seen at seventeen ilifferent eleva- 
tions, as it winds its serpentine course down the sides of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, in a gorge 
of romantic beauty, is Round Knob hotel, near which a sparkling natural fountain sends its jet of crystal water 
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^ Paint Rock J- 

Is a granite formation of gigantic proportions, situated immediately upon the Hue between North Carolina 
and Tennessee. It takes its name from a legend to the effect that certain characters upon its surface were 
placed there by the Indians with indelible paint. Some of these extraordinary heiroglyphics still remain, but 
have never been deciphered. This wonderful curiosity can be reached by train from Asheville. 

^ Mount Pisgah ^ 

Perhaps the most popular mountain trip in Western North Carolina is the ascent of Mt. Pisgah. This sym- 
metrical peak is iS miles from Asheville, " as the crow flies," and 20 miles as the " road winds " its picturesque 
way through fertile valleys and over wooded mountains. The road by the cotton factory, over the French 
Broad river, " Hominy way," as the country people say, will bring you to the foot of the mountain, where you 
lodge for the night. The distance from the foot, by the trail to the lop, is estimated as five miles, but seems 
more like 50 to the inexperienced mountain climl)er. Near the summit gush the cold, clear waters of Rattle 
Snake spring, so named it is legended, because as the discoverer knell upon its mossy brink to slake his thirst, 
the warning whir of a snake caused him to look up and there. Upon the opposite brink, lay coiled a gigantic 
specimen of the rattle-snake family. He sprang back just in time to escape a hideous death, as the snake 
struck at him across the spring, but missed its mark. After a lively fight he killed it and it measured — but 
this is not a snake story. The summit of the mountain is covered only by low huckleberry bushes, and when 
the berries are ripe the snakes infest the spot, coiling beneath the bushes and striking at the birds that light 
amid the foilage to gather the fruit. Pisgah is 5,757 feel high. The forest trees clothe it nearly to the summit. 
Pisgah is one of the Balsam mountains, and was for a long time the favorite haunt of bear, wolves, panthers, 
and deer ; but of late years the large game has all been killed off, or driven away by the liiuiters. 

^ Mount Mitchell ^ 

The most difhcult ascent in this region is that of Mt. Mitchell, tlie loftiest peak this side of the Mississippi. 
It is 6,717 feet above the sea at the summit. The be^l route is via Black Mountain station. Mt. Mitchell was 

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Fresh from the Forkst ok Shades. (I'hoto by Tarbell.) 



named in honor of Rev. Elisha Mitchell, D.D., a professor in the State University of North Carolina, who in 
1S35 made a geographical survey of the mountain. Dr. Mitchell made the first barometrical measurement of 
this peak, and established conclusively the fact of its being loftier than Mt. Washington. In 1857 Dr. Mitchell 
accompanied by his son, returned to the mountain for the purpose of confirming his reports. The professor 
sent his son down the mountain on June 27th exactly at midday, and was never again seen alive. Ten days 
later Tom Wilson, a mouulaineer known far and near as "Big Tom Wilson," discovered a fool print in the 
turf near the summit of Mitchell's Peak, and followed the professor's trail down a ravine for a mile and a (luar- 
ter, to a precipice 30 feet high, and at the foot of the precipice, in a pool of water, lay the dead body of the 
professor. Dr. Mitchell's body was first buried at AsheviUe, but subsequently exhumed and interred upon the 
very summit of the mountain, where a monument was erected to his memory by the faculty of the Stale Uni- 
versity. The work was superintended by Dr. W. D. Phillips. 

J- Hickory Nut Gap ^ 

The most romantic and interesting pass of the Blue Ridge is Hickory Nut Gap, situated 14 miles southeast 
from Asheville. Near the gap is the Grand Canyon of Broad river, wild and weird, but beautiful. Walls of 
granite rise in places to a height of over 1,000 feet on either hand. 

Ribbon Falls— Over one of these walls falls a large creek a distance of 1,300 feet. This falls is sometimes 
called Ribbon Falls and sometimes Hickory Nut Falls. It is the third highest fall in the United States. 

Chimney Rock is a curious rock formation shaped, as its name indicates, like a chimney of gigantic dimen- 
sions. It is 500 feet high and commands a fine panoramic view of mountain and stream. 

Bald Mountain, made famous by Mrs. Burnett's play of " Esmeralda," which she wrote while on a visit to 
the mountain. " Esmeralda's cabin " is still pointed out by the hotel proprietor at Esmeralda. This mountain 
at one time caused the scientific world, as well as the immediate inhabitants, considerable anxiety by indulging 
in repeated rumblings that resulted in local earthquakes that broke dishes and other fragile things for miles 
around, and finally a large fissue of bottomless depth appeared across the end of the mountain. This crack is 
half a mile long, about seven feet wide and the bottom has never been found. Smoke was reported to issue 
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' Dose You Lub Me Like I Lub You ?" (Photo by Tarbell.l 



The Cave of the Winds is a larsje tissue iu the solid granite of llie niouutaiu. You enter through a small 
opening in the side and soon find yourself in a large three-cornered chamber, walled on all sides by grauilf. 
There is a crack in the side of the mountain, through which you can view the scenery below. 

The Pools — One of the most remarkable natural curiosities in America are known as the " Pools," situated 
near the hotel, in the bed of a large creek. There are three of these. Oue is considerably more remarkable 
than the other two, as it is bottomless, or at all events, no one has ever succeeded in measuring it. The upper 
pool is lo feet across and 15 feet deep and is perfectly round. The water quickly flows out of this into the 
second pool, which is also perfectly round, and about 80 feet deep; then it flows into the third, or " bottomless 
pool." The fall is only a few inches from pool to pool, and the geologists are unable to account for their 
presence. 

The general scenery around Esmeralda is poetic, varied and romantic to a degree it would be a profanation 
to describe. 

■^ Caesar's Head =^ 

Caesar's Head is situated ou the line between North and South Carolina, 45 miles to the southwest of .\she- 
ville. It is a precipice 2,000 feet high, formed by a spur of the Blue Ridge, on the edge of which is a great 
boulder said to resemble in its outline the profile of the great Roman. From this rock you nny see, to the 
northeast. King's mountain, a distance of 70 miles ; Stone mountain, near Atlanta, 100 miles away to the south. 
Directly north, and about 100 miles distant, are seen Roan mountain and Mt. Mitchell. Pisgah is in plain 
view, 35 miles away ; while Whilesides' mountain glitters to the west. The best route is by train to Hender- 
souviJle and thence by hack or stage through the leafy and romantic Buck Forest. There is a good hotel at 
Ctesar's Head and a bold spring of clear and intensely cold mineral water. Many touri.sts spend the entire 
summer here. 




A General View ok the City of Asheville. (Photo by Tarbell.) 



: Bsbcvillc : 



Resident Population - - 12,000 Miles of paved streets - - 6}4 

Floating I'opulation - - 4,000 Miles uupaveil streets - - 4^% 

Total Population - - - 16,000 Miles street railway about - 11 

Miles of sewerage 12 — size of sewers 6 to 12 inches. 

The most important city in Western North Carolina is Asheville, situated at the juncture of the French 
Broad and Swannanoa rivers valleys. The town lies in the lap of the mountains that encircle it on all sides and 
keep away the northern and eastern winds. The place is 2,250 feet above the sea. The streets are well paved 
and electricity furnishes the means of locomotion for the street cars and of light to the city's street lamps. 

Besides the natural surface drainage, furnished by the slope of the hills upon which the town is built, the 
city has put in a most excellent system of sewerage. The hills on which Asheville rests are gentle elevations 
that give a picturesque slope to the lawns of the residence portion of the town, and afford numerous opportu- 
nities to the house-builder of choosing a building site, from which he can not only be certain of a magnificent, 
unobstructed view of mountain scenery, but at the same time be assured of every facility for perfect drainage> 
and the best sanitary conditions generally. 

The shopping centre of .Asheville is so up to date in all its features that one might well believe themselves 
in a city of 100,000 inhabitants. The cosmopolitan and high grade nature of the local population, as well as 
the absolute refusal of the tourist population to purchase anything but the best, has had a very distinct effect 
upon the character of the stocks of goods carried, as well as upon the merchants themselves. Coming in daily 
contact with people from all over the world, the man who attempts to do business here needs to be thoroughly 
posted in his line, if he hopes to achieve success, as many have in years past learned to their chagrin. The re- 
sult is, that the present busiue.ss element in Asheville is as live and energetic a set of men as can be found in 
the United States. 

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Made up of people fro ii all over the Union there is, nevertheless, a strong town pride evinced by ill the 
dwellers in Asheville, and anj' enterprise looking toward the material interests of the community meets an 
instant recognition and support. 

" The business of Asheville amounts to about #3,500,000 per annum. The assessed value of city property is 
54,758,801. The rate of taxation on |ioo valuation is $1.20 for the city 120 cents of this for schools), and 90 cts. 
for State and county (iS cts. of this for schools)." 

The following are the most attractive of the drives and near by views to the city ; 

Beaucatcher — Directly east of the city is Beaucatcher mountain. This is an easy and couveuient ascent, ind 
is far-famed for the beauty of the sunset effects that can be witnessed from it during the early autumn. The 
road is out College street, thence up the ri.jht hand drive to the Hazard mansion on the summit. There is (juite 
an extensive drive along the ridge, which returns you to the mansion in an oval course. 

Town Mountain is a little to the north of Beaucatcher and a trifle higher. The road is the same as that to 
Beaucatcher except that you take the left hand fork instead of the right. 

Sunset Drive begins at the end of Baird street in the north-eastern portion of the city, and extends along 
the side (if the mountain until it reaches the Beaverdam road. The drive is one of the most beautiful in the 
world — every turn of the road presents a picture of voluptuous charm. Hogarth's line of beauty predominates 
in all the foregrounds, middle distances and prospectives. 

Gouch's Peak — Another drive that is never missed b\- tourists is that to Couch's Peak. There is a vast pan- 
orama of mountain streams and waving woods seen from the peak that always fills the lowlander with surpris- 
ed rapture. The way is out the Beaverdam road to the fork, a mile north of the city, where you take the left 
fork to the foot of the peak, when you take the road to the right hand. There is an old mill a quarter of a 
mile from the foot of the peak that the hackman will point out as a picturesque bit of rural ruin. 

Elk Mountain is also a peak within easy of riding, driving, or if you are athletic, walkiugdistance of Ashe- 
ville. The way is also out the Beaverdam road, only you take the right hand road at the forks and proceed for 
half a mile until you reach the foot of the mountain, where you take the road to the left. After the a.scent is 
made the road stretches along the top of the ridge for a mile and a half to Buzzard Rock, which is the " point 
of view." There is a bold mountain spring near the rock. 

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Winter Sports. 



One of the attractive features of the win- 
ter in Asheville are the games at the Golf 
Links. A new building is in process of 
erection, and a splendid new link is being 
prepared for the winter season. 

The Country Club's " Meets " always 
form a pleasant break in the social routine, 
and are well attended. 

They boast some exceptionally fine riders 
and their work makes a meet of the club 
an exciting incident in the experience of a 
novice. 

Many of the members ride with a grace- 
ful dash and spirit that takes the breath 
from the breast of the uninitiated and 
leaves him or her far behind in the chase. 



Spangenberg's Shoe Store. (Photo by Tarbell.) 

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Swannanoa — The most written about drive in the neighborhood is that along the Svvannanoa river, which 
begins at the foot of South Main street. Here you take the "left turn" and drive past the Water Works. 
You drive along its tree shaded, moss and fern covered banks to the Cheesborough Bridge, where you turn to 
the right and drive back to Asheville over the summit of Heaucatcher, and get a glimpse of the sunset as it red- 
dens in a brilliant, magestic, flashing dome of crimson and gold over river and darkling woods, and soft, blue 
mountain. The whole experience of this drive on a summer or winter afternoon is one of enchantment, and 
its memory seems almost unreal. 

"Fernihurst," or "Connally's View" — This is one of the short excursions always taken by visitors. It is 
reached by an excellent drive to the southern limits of the city. The road is always good and the view com- 
mands a wide swetp of territory and a glimpse of many noted peaks, such as Pisgah, Black Mountain, Craggy, 
etc. The French Broad river flashes its curving course, and the Swaunanoa sweeps in graceful beauty to their 
meeting at the foot of the hill. The Biltmore estate lies in full middle distance before the enraptured eyes of 
the visitor. 

"Richmond Hill" — This drive has lately assumed, in addition to its natural beauties, a semi-historic inter- 
est from the fact the hill is largely the property of Congressman Richmond Pearson, uncle of Richmond Pear- 
son Hobson, the gallant destroyer of the Merrimac. The drive is out Academy street to a pretty graded road to 
the French Broad river. Mr. Pearson has built an iron bridge across the stream, which he allows the public 
to use as freely as it desired. His residence is at the top of the drive ; from here you drive along a winding 
way to the summer house, from which you get an exquisitely varied view of the French Broad valley. 

Biltmore Estate always comes in for a large degree of attention from the public during the mid-winter and 
summer seasons ; although it is becoming a twice told tale to the more experienced tourist. 

The estate lies to the south of the city and can be easily reached by carriage or bicycle. You must be 
careful to secure a pass at the auditor's ofiice before attempting to enter the grounds, either afoot, awheel, or 
horseback. The gates are not opened before three o'clock, and only upon Wednesdays aud Saturdays. Of late 
the passes have been limited to fifty on each visitors' day. 

The mansion is a French Reuissance Chateau, 375 by 150 feet. The estate proper contains 10,000 acres. 
Mr. Vanderbilt's Hunting Preserves of Pisgah Forest is estimated at 84,000 acres. 

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View Ai.hm. th). Swannanoa. (Photo by Tarbell.) 

THE SWcANNcASHOcA. 'By Jacques, of Charleston. S. C. 
Swannanoa, nymph ol beauty, 

I would woo thee in my rhyme ; 
Wildest, brightest, loveliest river, 

Of our sunny Southern clime ! 



Swannanoa, well they named thee, 
In the mellow Indian tongue. 

Beautiful thou art, most truly. 
And right worthy to be sung. 



Where O graceful Swannanoa, 
Are the warriors who of old 

-bought thee at thy mountain 
sources, 
Where thy springs are icy cold. 



Where the dark-browed Indian 
maiden, 

Who her limbs were wont to lave 
(Worthy bath for fairer beauty). 

In thy cool and limped wave ? 



Crone forever from thy borders. 
But immortal as thy name 

Are the red meu of the forest ! 
Be thou keeper of their fame! 



Paler races dwell beside thee ; 

Celt and Saxon till thy lands, 
Wedding use uuto thy beauty — 

Linking over thee their hands. 



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The Dickson-Mason Lumber Company. (Photo by Tarbell.) 
The accompanying illustration gives a view of the mill of the Dickson-Mason Lumber Company near 
Black Mountain, N. C. 

This company was established the 15th of January, 1S95, by Harvy M. Dickson, President, and William 
T. Mason, Secretary and Treasurer. The company owns several saw mills and 34,000 acres of hard wood timber 
land, the growth on which consists of oak, ash, poplar, chestnut, bass-wood and other varieties. Most of this 
is virgin forest, purchased from the Indians and heretofore protected from destruction by the white man. In 
the mill here pictured they manufacture telegraph pins, chair and small dimension stock for the foreign trade. 
The Asheville office is rooms i and 2 Paragon building. 



Monument Square and Stores Adjacent. 

The central picture on the opposite page gives a represenlatiou of the Vauce Mouutnent recently erected 
in the centre of the County, Court House Square, at Asheville, to the memory of the late United States Senator, 
Zebui.on H. Vanck, who was during liis life time one of the most beloved, as well as the ablest, of Nortli Car- 
olina's distinguished sous. Previous to the beginning of his phenominal career in the Senate he was elected 
Governor of his native State. The monument is a simple shaft of granite, of pyramidical form, with the name 
" Vance " cut across its gray base. 

Illustration No. i gives a view of one of most romantic bits of picturesque mountain mill-dams and water- 
falls in Western North Carolina, a few miles from .\sheville. 

Illustration No. 2 gives a view of the Window dressing of the Bon Marche, one of the leading dry goods 
stores of Asheville. This firm makes a specialty of Fancy Goods, Knitting and Crochet Wools, Small Wares ; 
Agent for Centemeri Fine Kid Gloves, Her Majesty's Corsets, and forwarding agent Old Stateu Island Dyeing 
Establishment; 

Illustration No. 3 gives a view of the Asheville Hardware Company, the leading house in this line in the 
city. The Asheville Hardware Company use a large warehouse back of their .store, which is the nicest reposi- 
tory for buggies, carriages, and vehicles of all descriptions, in Western North Carolina. Their stock in this 
line is very attractive and well worth looking over. 

Illustration No. 5 gives an interior view of Way's Pharmacy, corner East Court Square and College street. 
Visitors will find any and everything they need from the Drug Store. Prescription work a specialty. Tele- 
phone No. 82. Day or night. 




Vance Monument and Stores Adjacent. (Photo by Tarbell.) 



Ashevillc Library and Stores Adjacent. 



The central picture, on opposite page, is a front view of tlie Asheville Library. This classic little structure 
contains a most excellent collection of standard works of fiction, reference books, besides all of the best of tlie 
light literature of the day, magazines, periodicals, etc. It is a pleasant place in which to pass an idle forenoon. 

Illustration No. i gives a picture of the exterior of Bainbridge's Book Store. All the newest books ami fin- 
est stationer}' can be found at Bainbridge's, i8 South Main street. 

Illustration No. 2 gives a view of the windows and entrance to Whitlock's Clothing, Tailoring and Furnish- 
ing Goods Kstablishment, next Opera House. The leading concern of this character in Asheville. 

Illustration No. 4 gives an exterior view of the Asheville Steam Laundry. This concern is equipped to do 
the best class of laundry work in the most approved manner. Ladies' lelicate fabrics handled with extra at- 
tention. 

Illustration No. 5 gives a view of the residence of one of Asheville's Leading House Builders, Mr. O. D. 
Revell. He also has houses to rent of all sizes — flats and apartments. If you call upon him he can give 
houses and apartments from $12.50 to |i. 50 per mouth, either furnished or unfurnished. .4.pply to O. D. Revell, 



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Asheville Postoffice and Adjacent Stores. 

The central picture here given is an excellent view of the Asheville Postoffice and Federal Court building. 
It is a solid structure of red brick and granite, imposing in its effect. It is situated at the corner of Patton .Av- 
enue and Haywood Street, in the most convenient spot imaginable for visitors to get their mail, as it the com- 
mencement of the most popular retail shopping district in the city, and directly on the car lines. 

Illustration No. i gives a view of the spacious front windows of H. Redwood & Co.'s Dry Goods Store. 
This is one of Asheville's oldest and most reliable business houses. They carry a full Hue of Dress Goods to 
suit the season, all articles of Ladies' Wear, Gloves, Hosiery, Corsets, Small Wares, also Men's and Boy's 
Clothing, 

Illustration No. 2 gives a view of the window of B. H. Cosby's Jewelr3- Store. This business was estab- 
lished in 1S55. At Cosby's you can get the finest class of watch and jewelry repair work done, and will always 
find an elegant assortment of souvenirs and jewelry of all kinds. Agent Eastman's Kodaks and supplies. 

Illustration No. 4 gives a view of the front of Allen's Fruit and Confectionery Store opposite Postoffice. All 
the leading papers, periodicals, and the best fruits can be obtaineil here by visitors. 

Illustration No. 5 gives an excellent view of the interior of the Paragon Pharmacy of .■\sheville, said to be 
the handsomest iJrui: .Store in the South. 



ASHEVILLE PRINTING COMPANY. 
The Souvenir of the " Land of the Sky " was printed by the .\slieville Printing Company, 4 North Court 
Square, and is a fair sample of the kind of work they are prepared to turn out. Mr. Geo. L. Hackney is the 
Manager of this company and will be glad to confer with any one desiring high class work. 

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POST OFFICE AND STOKES ADJACENT. ,Pli„l,, b> Tarbell.] 



Leading Officials. 

The group on the opposite page gives the likenesses of some of the leading officials of the Lanrl of the Sky. 
In the left hand upper corner is the best picture ever taken of the late Senator Z. 15. Vance. lu the right hand 
upper corner his successor, Senator J. C. Pritchard. Between them Clerk C. B. Moore, of the U. S. Court. The 
small picture is Congressman Richmond Pearson-, uncle of Richmond Pearson Hobson. Then conies Postmaster 
W. W. Rollins of Asheville, in the lower left hand corner ; Judge H. G. Ewart, of U. S. District Court, in the 
right hand corner, and the Chief of the .\sheville Police force, J. A. Lyerly, between tliem iu full uniform. 



^ CANDY KITCHEN. ^ 

The Candy-Kitchen, of L. M. Theobold, at 28 Patton Avenue, is the most attractively arranged and best 
conducted establishment of the kind in North Carolina. The originality and taste displayed in dressing the 
handsome windows is carried out in the preparation of all the confections manufactured. Down to the smallest 
detail of bon-bon boxes, oyster pails, and ice cream shapes, everything i.s of the very best design. Mr. Theo- 
bold conducts his business in a manner that has brought him the very best class of custom in Asheville, and 
the transient tourist always remembers with pleasure that exquisite bazaar where we bought the bon-bons. A 
handsome soda fountain is of course a feature of the bon-bon store, where soft beverages are served to suit the 
season. In the rear of the confection department there is a daintily appointed ice cream parlor, where one can 
also obtain oysters in any style, and a light lunch during the midday shopping hours. This is a favorite meet- 
ing place for ladies winter and summer. And is growing in popularity year by year. During the winter season 
a hot cup of chocolate takes the social position occupied by the effervescent soda during the heated term, and a 
half dozen oysters that of the dish of ice cream. Mr. Theobold is a native of Richmond, Ind., and has b-en 
engaged in business at Asheville for a little over three years with gratifying success. He manufactures his own 
candies and is truly artistic in the cieation of bon-bons, chocolates and nut candies. Personally he is a pleasant 
business man, who makes friends readily and keeps them. He has won the good will of the public during his 
three years' stay at Asheville. And is personally known to a vast army of distinguished globe trotters, and 

local American tourists. 

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LEAlUXi; OFFICIALS i)F LAND OF THE SKY. il'liol,. l.y TaibtU.) 




Forest Hill 



FoRKST Hil.l,. (Photo by Tarbell.) 



anil Victoria Lodge (one mile 
from Court House Scjuare) are 
beautifully eituated in an oak and 
pine grove containing 2S acres. 
Extensive view> are obtained of 
the Swatiuanoa and Hickory Nut 
Gaps, Kenilworth Park and Bill- 
more. 

Poorest Hill is CoUonial in arch- 
itecture, with long galleries, large 
rooms opening on liroaii halls, fire 
places (or furnace heat in winter) 
and fine sanitary conditions. 

Malvern Terrace is located ou a 
commanding eminence at the 
southern limit of tlu' city of Ashe- 
ville, overlooking the entire west- 
ern range of the .■\lleghanies. 

Wyckoff Hall, a modern house, 
with all conveniences, is located iu 
the city. It is surrounded by large 
shade trees and beautiful lawns, 
and accessible to Postoflice, Opera 
House, Battery Park Hotel, all 
car lines and the golf links of the 
Country Club. For further partic- 
ulars address Miss V.m'Ghn, 
Box 683, Asheville, N. C. 



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ASHEVILLE Cow.ECE FOR YouNG WOMEN. (Photo by Tarbell.) 



Asheville College for Young Women. 

Anioug the prominent insliUitions in North Carolina is the Asheville Collej;e (or Young Women, the out- 
growth of the Dickenson Seminary and the AsherHle Female College. A. A. Jones pui chased the properly a 
year &go aud has had it remodeled and considerably improved. It has, under his management, taken a position 
in the very first rank of the educational institutions of the State, aud has attracted students from tv^-enty-three 
slates and three foreign countries. The ample college gronnds are picturesque and beautiful. CSee illustra- 
tion.) The buildings and etiuipments are valued at $So,ood, and furnish a comfortable home for the students. 
The College faculty of sixteen members have been drawn from leading colleges and iinversities in all parts of 
the United States, thus insuring breadth of thought as well as thorough scholarship. The students in botauy 
and biology, through the kindness of Mr. George W. Vanderbilt, will have access to the Biltmore Botanical 
Gardens and .'Vrboretum of 10,000 acres, situated two miles from the College. The College offers a preparatory 
course to the best colleges; a course leading to degrees ; Seminary courses, aud thorough courses in music, 
art and elocution. 

Bingham School. 

Established in 1793, located near Asheville since 1S91, is the oldest institution of learning of any grade in the 
South. The T. S. Government's Bureau of Education iu Washington, the highest possible authority on such a 
subject, saj-s : " TheBiugham School stands pre-eminent anu^ng South schools for boys, aud ranks with the 
best in the Union. It is the oldest and the most successful male boarding school (or secondary instruction in 
the South. . . It has reached the greatest efficiency under the present Superiuteudent, Major Robert 
Bingham.,' Bingham School has the highest testimonial fioui the Uniteil States government and its oflicials ; 
from the executive, judicial and military departments of the State o( North Carolina ; Irom presidents of uni- 
versities ; from prominent physicians and from other distinguished men. Seventeen States of the Union, aud 
Mexico were represented la~t year. Thirty-five States and Cmmtries in the Western and six in the Eastern 
Hemisphere have been represented in twenty years. Its buildings have been pronounced by more than seven- 
ty. five medical experts the most sanitary iu the I'nited States, and they are the safest against tire. The organ- 
ization is militar)-. T/uited States Army officer is detailed. The military work of this school has received the 
highest endorsement from the War Department. The courses of study are Ivnglish, Mathematical, Classical, 
Scientific, Commercial and Military. The school has accommoilatians for 120 pupils. It had 119 during the 
past year. Asheville is the mo.st famous all-the-year-round health resort in the United States. For catalogue, 
giving very full particulars, address Maj. R. Binc,h.\m, Superintendent, .Xsheville, N. C. 

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Bingham School — View from Parade Ground. (Photo by Tarbell.) 



" The Land of the Sky,"— The Charms of Asheville, Biltmore and Hot Springs. 

There are no more beautiful or delectable resorts in America, all times of the year, than AsheviUe and Bilt- 
mcre situated upon the lofty crests of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Western North Carolina, in the fabled 
.' Land of the Sky " Ever since the charms of this wonderful and most facinating region became known to 
the traveling public, it has been the Mecca of all who love to dwell in the choice abodes of nature. And nature 
has indeed been exceedingly generous in the bestowal of her gifts in respect to the " Land of the Sky Never 
was a country blessed with a more salubrous or equable climate ; never was a country invested with such lovely, 
romantic and chaste scenerv, as this marvelous region of the Southland. Sweeping with the eyes the vast ex- 
panse of nature on every hand, the grandeur of the creation-of the growth and embel.shment of cosmic life, 

" up and unfolds before the enraptured vision with imperial splendor, displaying scenes of the rarest virtue 



rises 



and enchantment. The coast people have long been devoted to AsheviUe, Flat Rock, Waynesville and all this 
p^rt of the country. There is a tonic in the air and water which puts new life into them because it puts new 
blood in their yeins, a brighter color in their eyes, a ruddy glow or healthy brown on their cheeks. They are 
invariably the first to come and the last to leave. 

Through the mountain ranges of the " Land of the Sky," the devious course of the beautiful iMenc-h Broad 
river marks a succession of glorious vistas of cosmic life. The high-walled canons, or the treeclad peaks 
standing sentinel on either hand, form a wonderful setting to this sparkling river as it flows onward toward 

t Vl f^ carl 

A.sheville is an enterpising citv, nestling amid the imperial ranges that mark the " Land of the Sky," and 
has all the inlicia of a live and progressive municipality. It is distinctly a resort city, and is graced with nu- 
merous palatial villas, tasteful cottages, and grand hotels. Its streets are romantic, tree-shaded drives wind- 
ing about in the most picturesque fashion, and in the pretty parks adjacent are the handsome homes of the fay- 

ored inhabitants. . . ... 

The climate is singularly pure, dry and bracing, and possesses to a remarkable degree the qualities which 
tend to promote health and pleasure. The number of clear days is very high for the average year. In winter 
the climate is very mild, yet extremely bracing. In summer the charm of out-door life is inexpressible. Tue 

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air is warm and genial, yet not oppressive, on account of dryness, and the nights are delightfully cool and con- 
ducive to restfuluess and sweet repose. 

The great resort hotel at Asheville is the Battery Park — a magnificent home which exemplifies the highest 
degree of luxury and good taste. No words of commendation are needed for this tamous house, standing 
proudly upon a noble eminence, of its sumptuous furnishings, or of its peerless cuisine or service. The fame 
of the house is world wide. 

A great factor in Asheville's growth is the Southern Railway's excellent train service and convenient 
schedules. 

Hot Springs is a charming plane in the midst of a vast wilderness, not far from Asheville, and surrounded 
by the most beautiful peaks, is the little city of Hot Springs. There is the Mountain Park hotel, a charming 
home for the health or pleasure seeker, and a most excellent sanitarium, where the waters of the wonderful 
thermal springs are administered with the most excellent results. 

The route is by the Southern Railway, with splendidly arranged, magnificently appointed through car 
service. Pullman drawing room sleeping cars between New York, Washington and Nashville, through the 
" Land of the Sky," Knoxville and Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, the scene of " The Battle above the 
Clouds." Also between Salisbury (^with connection from New York, Washington and Virginia) and Memphis, 
through Asheville, Hot Springs, Knoxville and Chattanooga. This train carries Pullmau's finest drawing- 
room buffet sleeping cars and elegant vestibuled day coaches between Salisbury and Memphis. Pullmau 
drawing-room sleeping cars are also operated between Jacksonville and Cincinnati through Savannah, Colum- 
bia, Spartanburg, Asheville, Knoxville and Harriman Junction. 

Advertising matter ol the Southern Railway, the great scenic route of the South, can be had upon applica- 
tiou to the General Passenger Agent, or any agent of this company, or representative of the Passenger Depart- 
ment. 



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SOUTHERN RAILWAY, 



jt THE STANDARD RAILWAY OF THE SOUTH -M 

THE DIRECT IJNK TO ALL POINTS 

THE LAND OF THE SKY, 

TEXAS, 

CALIFORNIA, 

FLORIDA, 

MEXICO, CUBA. PORTO RICO. 





strictly First Class Kqiiipinent on all Tlir^Mi.: , I'liii- 

tuaii Pakico Sleepiiif,' Cars on all nigrht trains; Fast .1,,., ^.. ,. -v ,.- -, u.,^. i j .im*i hy 
tilt' Southern and yon .iro assured a safe, comfortable atul expeditious journey. 
Apply to ticket atrents for time tables, rates and {general information, or address 
K. I.. VKKNON. T. I'. A., F. K. UAKI5Y. C. I». * T. A., 



Charlotte. N. C. 
FK.ANK S. IIAN'NOX, 

3d V. 1>. A: Cen. Man. 

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J. M. CULP, 

Traf. Man. 
WA.SHINtlTON, U. C. 



Asheyille. N. C. 

W. A. TURK. 

G. P. A. 



• HOTEL BERKELEY, 

Patton Avenue, Corner of Lexington, 

; ASHEVILLE, N, C, 

I ''EQUALLY DESIRABLE FOR TOURIST AND COMMERCIAL TRADE." 

r ^^HE BERKELEY is located in the business cen- /T''^ HOTEL is up to date in atlits appointments. 

wj ire, tvithin one block of the 'Post Office and WJ The house has been remodeted and. re furnished 

J0 Court House, and cotFoenient to all the lead- ^ throughout; has steam heat and electric lights 

ing stores, churches, etc. Electric cars pass in e'oery room. The Berkeley has all the com- 

the door. ^ forts of a modem home. 

CUISINE AND APPOINTHENTS UNSURPASSED, 

RATES: FRANK LOUQHRAN, 

$2.00 TO $3.00 PER Day. Proprietor. 



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